and i admit that my extent is not as near as president obama, but his experience with israel is not as close as mine, 20 trips there, many extensive dating back to 1973. he's visited once, very briefly, for about a day, mostly to jerusalem when he was a candidate and even then spent part that have day meeting with palestinian leaders. now, i say that because i understand something that i truly don't think the president does. that is that israel is not fighting for a few extra acres or square miles of real estate. it's not battling for foreign aid for us or protection from the united states not merely fighting for its life as a sovereign nation or protecting its economy or way of life. it's literally fighting for the existence of the jewish people. jews have been haunted and marked for annihilation over 2000 years, within the lifetime of many of the present day jews, the painful memories of the holocaust are still firsthand for some of the survivors who are still alive. many israelis are one generation away from parents and relatives who were murdered in an attempt to do what iran has v